curveting
/K ER1 V AH0 T IH0 NG/verb
- 1
Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
- 2
To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
- 3
(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
- 4
(of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
- 5
(of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
noun
- 1
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
“the curvetings of a horse”
- 2
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curvet, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curveting